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Five cool health tech innovations happening in Stockholm

It may have seemed a bold claim when Sweden's government pledged to be 'the best in the world at using the opportunities offered by digitalisation and eHealth' by 2025.

Published: 14 February 2018 10:32 CET
Five cool health tech innovations happening in Stockholm
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But if its capital city is anything to go by, it's a promise that will be fulfilled.

The whole Stockholm region is abuzz with various healthcare industry-disrupting innovations, from the digitalisation of health records to the virtualisation of doctors' appointments. 

There's also a string of startups totally changing the way patients manage their own health — both mental and physical — and thanks to Stockholm's digitally mature populace, the innovations are able to go from strength to strength.

Discover five Stockholm health tech innovations that will lead to a brighter 2018. Read the full article here.

This article was produced by The Local Client Studio and sponsored by Invest Stockholm.

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Stockholm Pride is a little different this year: here’s what you need to know 

This week marks the beginning of Pride festivities in the Swedish capital. The tickets sold out immediately, for the partly in-person, partly digital events. 

Published: 2 August 2021 10:33 CEST
Pride parade 2019
There won't be a Pride parade like the one in 2019 on the streets of Stockholm this year. Photo: Stina Stjernkvist/TT

You might have noticed rainbow flags popping up on major buildings in Stockholm, and on buses and trams. Sweden has more Pride festivals per capita than any other country and is the largest Pride celebration in the Nordic region, but the Stockholm event is by far the biggest.  

The Pride Parade, which usually attracts around 50,000 participants in a normal year, will be broadcast digitally from Södra Teatern on August 7th on Stockholm Pride’s website and social media. The two-hour broadcast will be led by tenor and debater Rickard Söderberg.

The two major venues of the festival are Pride House, located this year at the Clarion Hotel Stockholm at Skanstull in Södermalm, and Pride Stage, which is at Södra Teatern near Slussen.

“We are super happy with the layout and think it feels good for us as an organisation to slowly return to normal. There are so many who have longed for it,” chairperson of Stockholm Pride, Vix Herjeryd, told the Dagens Nyheter newspaper.

Tickets are required for all indoor events at Södra Teatern to limit the number of people indoors according to pandemic restrictions. But the entire stage programme will also be streamed on a big screen open air on Mosebacketerassen, which doesn’t require a ticket.  

You can read more about this year’s Pride programme on the Stockholm Pride website (in Swedish). 

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